Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1916, Page 1

A J y ( \ ] ) ) l ! F 4 r ] l ] | b u / ) ? 3 People don't like to buy from unknown merchants, r unknown goods; adver- tising makes steady cus- tomers. VOL. XLVI—NO. 38. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1916.—TWELVE PAGES. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE On Trains, at Hotels, Newn Stands, ete., Se. SINGLE THE WEATHER | Cloudy; Wariner COPY TWO CENTS. RAIN CHECKS THE ' WHARTON GOES OUT FOREST FIRES IN NORTH ONTARIO One Hundred and Eighty-Four Persons Lose Their Lives and Many Settlements Wiped Out. HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS Premier Hearst Reports That the Relief Work Is Well Under Way Now. REFUGEES CARED FOR Toronto, Ont., July 31.—With one town wiped out, another almost in ruins and a score of small settlements oBliterated, Premier Hearst an- nounced tonight that 184 persons lost their lives in the forest fires in north- ern Ontario. Only a heavy rainfall carly today probably saved a great part of the province from destruction. Hundreds are homeless and the Dominion government has taken ex- traordinary measures to provide for the refugees. Where the town of Matheson once stood, tonight there art only smould- cring ruins and ashes. The countrv surrounding it is as barren as a desert. Only a few structures in the village of Cochrane remain standing. The greatest loss of life occurred at Nushka and Monteith, partly in ruins where nineyt-eight persons were burned to edath. At Matheson thirty-five perished. Iroquois Falls, where great paper mills are located, was not entirely burned as reported last night. The paper mills and one store were saved m the flames. here were no serious damage at 7 T : nglehart, although one or two fires occurred. At Timmins, seventeen houses were burned down. “The relief work throughout the district is well in hand,” said the premier tonight. “Everything possi- ble is being done. We will spare no expensc to give the necessary relief.” Amendments to the Federal Reserve Act Are Adopted Washington, July 3t.~Amendments- to the federal reserve act designed to broaden the scope of banks operating under it in relation to real estate loans, dealings with foreign banking institutions and the establishment of domestic branches, were adopted to- day by the senate. Banks lying con- tiguous to federal reserve district lines would be permitted to make loans an real estate within a radius of 100 miles without regard to the lines. Banking associations possessing a capital of $1,000,000 or more, upon filing application with the board, would be more than 10 per cent of its paid-in capital stock and surplus in the stocks of banks engaged principally o foreign banking. Banks having $1,- 100,000 capital would be permitted to! ‘establish not more than ten branches within a radius of twenty-five miles. Prize Court Holds Goff_eiFoodstuff London, July 31.—Holding coffee to be a foodstuff Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, president of the prize court, condemned today in that court 3,000 bags of coffee, shipped from Amer- ica to Gothenburg on.the Swedish steamers Indianic and Sydland. The court decided that the cargoes were in reality intended for Germany. Sir Samuel said that the real con- signee was Boesch & Co. of Hamburg. He found the property was vested in that concern and that the doctrine of continuous voyage applied to the cof- fee, which he said, was an important elément of the rations of the German army. . The Weather somewhat warmer in north and west portions. For lowa—Generally fair; vhat cooler, slightly warmer in ex treme northwest portion, Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Tours. De R ki) % 8 .80 .83 .86 .87 .90 01 92 S o A aob st o s = e nE S 8 p.om.... Comparative Local Record. Afticial record of temperature and pre- cigitation compared with the corresponding period of the last three vears: 1015, 1914, 1913, Highest yesterduy 82 83 80 Lowest . yesterday 60 65 n temperature Ta0 V13 Precipitation Iy Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1: Normal temperature Excess for the day Total excess since March 1. ormal preeipitation .00 ficiency for the day ainfall since March ency since March 1. s for cor. perfod, 1916. . clency for cor. period, 19 Reports From Stationa at Station and. State of Weather. Cheyenne, cloudy .02 Davenport, rain % Dgnver, rain ... .03 s Molnes, clear T Lodge City, clear .00 nder, part cloudy 86 .00 crth Platte, cloudy 86 04 aha, part zioudy 93 .00 blo, ecloudy 82 .02 Lake City, " .00 nta Fe, cloudy 70 2 horidan, " clear 86 .00 permitted to invest not| some- | -84 fi the guardsmen great mental anguish, FANNING COMES IN Impressive Ceremonies Mark Farewell to Old Postmaster and Welcome to New One. EMPLOYES COMPLIMENTED Charles E. Fanning, Senator Hitch- cock’s appointee to the postmaster- ship, took over the Omaha postoffice from Johi C. Wharton yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The cere- mony took place in the south court room in the federal building before an audience of mail cariers, clerks and other employees that filled the room to capacity. It was a strenuous hour for the new postmaster. First, photographers posed him and Colonel Wharton in friendly attitude with a big ring full of keys, borrowed for photographic i purposes from the janitor. Three or | four flash lights were taken, which (h'enough to startle any man. Then, when the incoming and out- going postmasters were seated on the judge's bench in the court room, | the post office band, without prelim- mary warning burst thunderously startling too. Employes Present Flowers. An immense backet of flowers stood on the judge's desk. It was the em- ployes’ gift to Postmaster Fanning. case constituted the gift of the em- ployes to ex-Postmaster Wharton. These were ordered specially from New York, and have handles of a rare material. George J. Kleffner, assistant super- intendent of mails, presided and in- troduced Colonel Wharton first. Colonel Wharton delivered an address in his \most elognent style. He re- viewed his four and a half years of service as postmaster. He paid high tribute to the employes. “God never created a finer lot of {men and women than these who have {done such splendid, efficient service | in maintaining the high standard of the Omaha post office during my ad- ministration,” he declared. “We have borne our burdens to- gether. In sickness and in health we | have stood shoulder to shoulder. T have stood by the graves of nineteen | who have passed on to their reward in these years. Happiest Years of Life. |six years of my business life in | Omaha the happiest have been the last four and a half years, while I was postmaster of Omaha.” Tremendous applause greeted the postmaster’s valedictory. And when he turned and shook hands with Colonel Fanning and asked the post office people to give the incoming postmaster the same support that }th:y had always given the outgoing, the applause was given with a will. Colonel Fanning’s remarks very short, “In taking the position of post- master, I have no friends to reward, no enemies to punish,” he | “Neither politics, religion or personal | friendship will have anything to do with my work here. Seniority and service will be the governing things. {And I hope to equal the high stan- ton has set, and to have your co- operation.” More Harmony. | The post office band retired again to the corridor and boomed into an- other melodious serenade while the }cmployes filed in a line past Colonel | Wharton on one side of the room and | Colonel Fanning on the other, bid- ding “farewell” and “hail” to the rec- tiring Nasby and the new one. Colonel Wharton received from First Assistant Postmaster General Daniel ‘C. Roper, the following com- mendation of his administration of the Omaha post office: “The department has always felt that you were at your post of duty at all times and responding faithfully to the demand that postmasters should earn their salaries. Your at- tention has been prompt, constant, and satisfactory. | source of gratification to you to have | been postmaster at Omaha during the period of such marked development |in your city and country as that | shown during your incumbency. The receipts of the Omaha post office | have increased about a half-million dollars, or approximately 46 per cent, :duriug your four years of service.” ‘Wil Investigate Reports of News Writers in Camps Paso., Tex., July 3l.—Special | correspondents attached to the vari- ous militia units in this district were made uneasy today by news that copies of their articles to home pa- pers dealing withe the treatment of the men have been submitted to the various commanding officers for in- vestigation. | It is learned that at ({c orders of the War department these officers have been instructed to get at the truth of the charges of mismanage- ment, incompetence and negligence in the articles. If it is proved that the men have in any cases been made to suffer needless hardships, the blame will be fixed. But if it can be shown that there was no basis for charges that caused the relatives of | ( then the guilty writers will shortly see themsclves homeward bound. A detachment of 290 recruits from the Massachusetts organization ar- rived here last night. 1 President's Party | ‘ Back at Capital Washington, July 31.—President | Wilson returned to Washington early | this morning on the naval yacht May- | | flower following a week-end cruise | down the Chiesapeake bay to Hamp- toun Roads. He was driven immedi- into “Hail to the Chief,” which was | An‘umbrella and a cane in a leather | “I want to say that, of the twenty- | were | said. | dard which I understand Mr. Whar-| It should be a action of the convention or the de- | Joseph of “Austria HUGHES SOUNDS FORTH NOTES OF HIS CAMPA &R Candidate of Rex' N8\ arty Outlines th 5 Pro- poses fo. % "idmin- istrluion. | CEREMONY SEES A THRONG Carnegie Hall Crowded by a Distinguished Assemblage Eager to Hear Speech. e e ROOSEVELT I; PRESENT New York, July 31.—Charles E. Hughes tonight outlined in his speech of acceptance the issues ypon which he will conduct his campaign for the presidency. Mr. Hughes assailed the adminis- tration for the course it has pur- sued with reference to Mexico, main- |tenance of American rights during the European war, preparedness and | other great questions of the day. He {declarcd for a new policy of “firm- ness and consistency” toward Mex- ico, for “the unflinching maintenance of all American rights on land and sea” and for adequate national de- fense, adequate protection of both our western and castern coasts. | Confer With Leaders. Mr. Hughes came here this morn- ing from his summer home in Bridge- hampton preparatory to the ceremony { tonight in Carnegie hall, at which he { will be officially notified that he has been nominated for the presidency. The nominee spent the day in con- sultation with party leaders from all | parts of the country, Senator Warren Harding of Ohio, National Chairman | Wilcox and various members of the | jcampaign committee. Mr. Hughes | will return to Bridgehampton on| | Wednesday and remain there until he leaves on his western campaign tour. The Hughes headquarters in the Astor hotel here passed the busiest day since it was opened. Republican leaders from every state in the union | | were present. It was announced that | { more than 7,000 persons had applied i for tickets to the notifications cere- | {money. Carnegic hall seats only! 3,200 persons, Theodore Roosevelt attended the | ceremonies accompanied by his wife, | Former President Taft telegraphed today from Canada that he would be unable to arrive, stating in his tele- gram to James B. Reynolds, secre- tary of the national committee, that he regretted that he could not be present at “a great occasion to hear a great speech, an augury -of victory.” Harding Notifies Candidate. Senator Harding of Ohio, who was| chairman of the convention that nomi- nated Mr. Hughes, notified the can- | didate, saying: “Mr. Hughes: The committec here |assembled, representing all of the | United States and territories, chosen | by the republican national convention | which met in Chicago on last June 7, is directed by that convention for- Hughes Accepts the Nomination; Following is the full text of the speech by Mr. Charles Evans Hughes, accepting the nomination for president by the republican party of the United States, delivered in New York last evening: “Senator Harding, members of the notification committee, and fellow citizens: “This occasion is more than a mere ceremony of notification. We are not here to indulge in formal expressions. We come to state in a plain and di- rect manner our faith, our purpose and our pledge. This representative gathering is a happy augury. It means the strefdgth of reunion. It means that the party of Lincoln is re- stored, alert, effective. It means the unity of a common preception of par- amount national needs. It means that {we are neither deceived nor henumbed by abnormal conditions. We know that we are in a critical period, per- haps more critical than any period since the Civil War. We need a dom- inant sense of national unity; the cx- efcise of our best constructive pow- ers; the vigor and resourcefulness of a quickened America. We desire that the republican party as a grea liberal party shall be the agency of national achievement, the organ of | the effective expression of dominant Americanism, “What do I mean by that? 1 mean America conscious of power, awake to obligation; erect in seli-respect, prepared for every emergency, de- voted to the ideals of peace, instinct with the spirit of human brotherhood, safeguarding both individual oppor- tunity and ghe public interest, main- taining a well-ordered constitutional system adapted to local self-govern- ment without the sacrifice of essen- |tial national authority, appreciating {the necessity of stability, expert | knowledge and thorough organization as the indispensable conditions of sc- curity and progress; a country loved by its citizens with a patriotic fervor permitting no division in their_alleg- iance and no rivals in their affection —I mean America first and America efficient. It is in this spirit that I respond to your summons, Foreign Relations—Appointments. “Our foreign relations have as- sumed grave importance in the last three years. The conduct of diplo- matic Intercourse is in the keeping of the executive. It rests chiefly with him, whether we shall show compe- tence or incompetence; whether the national honor shall be maintained; whether our prestige and influence shall bé lowered uradvanced. What is the record of the administration? The first duty of the executive was to command the respect of the world by the personnel of our State depart- ment and our representation abroad. No party exigency could excuse the non-performance of this obvious ob- ligation. Still, after making every al- lowance for certain commendable ap- pointments, it is apparent that this obligation was not performed. “At the very beginning of the pres- ent administration, where in the di- rection of diplomatic intercourse | there should have been conspicious | strength and expertness, we had | weakness and inexpertness. Instead of accuring respect, we invited dis- trust of our competence and specul tion as to our capacity for firmness and decision, thus entailing many dif- | ficulties which otherwise casily could have been escaped. Then, in numer- ous instances, notably in Latin- America where such a course was par- ticularly reprchensible, and where we desire to encourage the most | friendly relations, men of long diplo- | matic experience whose knowledge !and training were of especial value to the country were retired froni thé service apparently for no other rea- son than to meet partisan demands in | the appointment of inexperienced per- sons. Where, as in Santo Domingo, we had assumed an important spe- cial trust in the interest of its people, | that trust was shockingly betrayed in order to satisfy ‘deserving demo crats.” “The record showing the adminis- tration's disregard of its responsibili- ties with respect to our representation in diplomacy is an open book and the specification may easily be had. It - States Position on Issues Clearly; Exposes Weakness of Democrats CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. is a record revealing professions be- lied. It is a dismal record to those who believe in Americanism. Take, for example, the withdrawal of Am- bassador Herrick from France, There he stood, in the midst of alarms, the very embodiment of courage, of poise, of executive capacity, universall. | trusted and beloved. No diplomat ever won more campletely the affec- tions of a foreign people; and there was no better fortune for this coun- try than to have at the capital of any one of the belligerent nations a rep- resentative thus esteemed. Yet the administration permitted itself to su- persede him, The point is not that the man was Ambassador Herrick or that the nation was France, but that we invited the attention of the world to the inexcusable yielding of national inerest to partisan cxpediency. It was a lamentable sacrifice of international repute. If we would have the esteem of foreign nations we must deserve it. We must show our regard for special knowledge and experience. 1 propose that we shall make the agencies of our diplomatic intercourse, in every (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) e RUSS CONTINUE (mally to notify you of its action in ! selecting you as its naminee for the | presidency of the republic. “Speaking for the committec, it is | my pleasure to say directly what was | conveyed to vou by telegraph while the convention was yet in session— | that you are the unanimous choice of | | the republican national convention. for | the party standard bearer. | “That convention uttered the prin- | | ciples of a confident, determined, re- united and enthusiastic republican | party which turns to you, in highest (respect and trust, as a nominee best typifying the party’s purposes and the | people’s desires. | “Inasmuch as the unusual circum- | stances inspired an informal notice at | the time of the convention’s action |and you then made an informal ac- | ceptance of the call to patriotie duty, | which won the plaudits of our peo- ple, T shall not refer in detail to the | clared principles of which the repub- lican party is committed. But it is fitting that I should speak the con- gratulations of this committee on your most extraordinary nomiation. It has no parallel in the history of the | republican party. As the whole people have approvingly witnessed, you have been chosen for leadership by a con- | vention which comprised the best thought, the highest intention and deepest consecration of a great and { historic party, when you were not {only not an aspirant, but discouraged all endeavors in your behalf. “Notwithstanding your holdiugi | aloof from all conferences and partici- | pation, that unfailing understanding | which directs popular sentiment to | highest victory called you to the serv- | ice of the party and the nation. Your | record of public service, your well | known and courageous views on pub- | lic questions when in executive posi- tion, your abiding devotion to repub- | licanism, your possession of a confi- | (Continued on Page Four, Column ’l'llrfl!T) Woman Appointed Receiver at Land | Office at Douglas Washington, July 31.—Miss Julia Mary Cross of Douglas, Wyo., was nominated by President Wilson today ;\5 receiver of public moneys at Doug- as. 3 Emperor of Austria Has Severe Chill London, July 31.—Emperor Francis caught a severe chill inspecting his troops, says a Vienna dispatch forwarded to London | by the correspondent at The Hague of the Uxchange Telegraph comnpany. | His .najesty is described as being very ately to the White House, ill and confined to his bed AUSTRIAN PURSULT |Czar's Forces in Volhynia and | Galicia Reach Rivers Grab- erki and Sereth. NEWS OF /OTHER FRONTS Petrograd, July 31.—(Via London.) —In the region of Brody on the Vol- hynian and Galician frontier, Russian troops are pursuing the Austro- German armies, it was officially an- nounced here today and have reached the rivers Graberki and Sereth. Britons Advance Along Somme. London, July 31.—As the result of local encounters in the region of the River Somme, the British troops last night advanced their posts at some points on the plateau to the north of the town of Bazentin Le Petit, it was officially announced this after- noon, German Attacks Repulsed. Paris, July 31.—North of the Somme yesterday and last night, the Germans redoubled their counter at- tacks between Hemwood and Monacu farm, says the official statement is- | sued this afternoon by the Frefich war department. especially severe The struggle was around Monacu farm, where the Germans got a foot- | ing for a moment, but werc immedi- ately driven back. Germans Hold Ground. Berlin, July 31.—(Via London.)— Anglo-French troops, in their attacks Sunday against the German points in the region of the River Somme, did not gain a foot of ground, according to the German army headquarters staff in.its statement issued today. General Brown, Past Commander 0f G A, R.! Is Dead Zanesville, O., July 31.--General R. B. Brown, 72, past commander-in- chief in the Grand Army of the Re- public and widely known as a dis- tinguished civil war veteran and newspaper editor, died here at his home yesterday following a pro- tracted illness of stomach trouble. He is survived by his widow, one daugh- ter and a son, Rev. Frank Brown of Oklahoma. Four Miners Killed by Explosion at Pana, lIl. Decatur, 111, July 31—Four miners were killed and two workmen se- verely injured in a gas explosion in Springfield mine at the northeast part of Paga Sunday night IMEXICANS KILL - TWO AMERICANS Small Band of Bandits Orosses Border Near Fort Hancock and is Wiped Out. |ONE AMERICAN WOUNDED | El Paso, July 31.—Two Americans | were killed and one was wounded in a clash with Mexican bandits who had crossed the Rio Grande five miles be- low Fort Hancock, Tex., early this morning. There were five bandits in the party. Private John Twoney, Troop F, Eighth United States cavalry, and Robert Wood, a United States cus- toms inspector, were killed. Sergeant Lewis Thompson, Troop F, Eighth cavalry, was seriously wounded. Reports to General George Bell, jr. tcommanding the EI Paso military dis- trict, indicated the bandits had been killed. American patrols had reported that a small detachment of Mexicans had crossed the Rio Grande and were making their way toward an isolated section about fifty-five miles down the river. It was believed they were either smugglers or stock l]!_n"\'(’s. A small detachment of Troop F, cighth cavalry, was sent in pursuit. The Mexicans were surprised and it is believed that none escaped. Captain H. D. Cushing, command- ing Company C, Eighth Massachu- setts infantry, at Fort Hancock, re- ported such details as he was able to obtain to General Bell, but said he was hampered in obtaining informa- tion by reason of meager wire com- munications, All of Bandits Killed. San Antonio, Tex., July 31.—-All five Mexican bandits, who were in the clash with American troops near Fort Hancock early today, were killed, ac- cording to a report transmitted to General Funston by General Bell, commanding at El Paso. The Ameri- cans suffered a loss of two men killed and one wounded Italian Steamship Dandolo is Sunk London, July 31. — The Italian steamship Dandolo, of 4977 tons gross, has been sunk, according to an announcement made today at Lloyds shipping agency. The Dandolo was formerly the Muggiano and_was built at Spezia in 1900. It was 376 feet long, forty-eight fect heam and twenty-eight feet deep. Venice was its home port, RAINS ARE MOVING BAST IN NEBRASKA :Sections ofo State Nearer to Omaha Report Showers that Bring Relief from Heat. [t is continuing to rain in Nebraska and the rains are slowly but consist- ently moving castward from the western border toward Omaha. Re- ports of rain at Lewiston, Wymore and other places about Beatrice and between Beatrice and Lincoln, and also at Cambridge were received last night. A Cloudy weather promised showers in Omah with the approach of even- ing. Temperatures were lower gen- crally yesterday here than previously, Rains Near Beatrice, Beatrice, Neb., July 31.—(Special.) —Rains are reported to have fallen at Lewiston, Wymore and other | places in this scction of the state | this afternoon. A light rain fell be- | tween Beatrice and Lincoln this | morning. : Showers at Cambridge. Cambridge, Neb,, July 31.—(Spe- cial.)—A number of light showers fell here today, north of town an inch caused everyone to feel good as they arc now assured of some corn, Prospects are ‘god for more rain. RELIEF COMES TO CHICAGO. Lake Breeze from North Causes , Drop of Twenty-Two Degrees. Chicago, Ju'y 31.--The end of one of the worst periods Chicago ever ex- perienced came today on the wings f an eighteen-mile wind from the north. A droo ot 22 degrees in temper-ture ge Four, Column Four.) ;l'nnllmle Heat Makes Man Want to Bite and Scratch Everybody Grand [sland, Neb., July 31.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Harry Hart, an em- ploye of the McDowell farm, south of the river, was brought to the city suffering with a strange malady. Yes- terday he was seized with a desire to scratch and bite all who came near him and the physician originally called feared that it was a case of rabies. The ambulance and straight jackel were used to bring him to the hospi- tal in this city, where his case is being watched. 1t is regarded as possible that it might merely be a nervous breakdown caused by the terrific heat. TWO MEN HELD IN ~JAIL AS BLAMED ~ INBIGEXPLOSION New Jersey Officials Move Against Traffic Men Held Responsible for Storage | of Explosives. MORE VICTIMS OF DISASTER TFour Dead and Many Missing as Oleanup Comes After Great Fire. MORE DETAILS OF AFFAIR New York, July 3'.—Two men are under arrest loday on warrants 7 charging them with mapslaughter in indirectly causing the death of one of the victims of the terrific explosion of ammunition on Black Tom pier yesterday morning. Estimates of the casualties early today placed the num- ber of dead at three, with three oth- ers mortally injured, thirty-five suf- fering frumn less serious injuries and eleven to twenty missing. Estimates of the property loss range from $25,- 000,000 to $45,000,000. Many persons who were on board barges moored at the burned piers are missing and it is feared that they have perished. In some quarters it was believed the total number of dead would reach twelve, Traffic Officers Held, Those under arrest were Albert M. Dickman, agent of the Lehigh Valley railroad, stationed at Black Tom pier, and Alexander Davidson, superinten- dent of the warehouses of the Na- tional Storage company, thirteen of which were destroyed by the fire which followed the explosions, A warrant was issued for the arrest of Theodore B. Johnson, president of a lightering company, one of whose barges, louded with ammunition, is said to have been moored at the pier. Dickman and Davidson were ar- raigned, charged with manslaughter, and held in $5,000 bail for examination on Friday, Frank Hague, commissioner of pub. lic safety of Jersey City, charged that the blame for the explosion lay' with either the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, the storage company or the lighterage company, anfl that some of them had violated the laws of New Jersey, the Jersey City ordinances and the rules of the Interstate Commerce commission by permittiiig barges loaded with explosives to remain moored at the piers over night, These barges were being used to transport the ammunition to steamers lying in Gravesend bay. . ’ Several Investigations. Several investigations were com- menced today to discover the origin of the fire which caused the explosion which destroyed $5,000,000 worth of ammunition, eighty-five freight cars, set blazing ammunition barges adrift to,bombard the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island infmigration station with shells and shrapnel and shattered $100,000 worth of windows in . this city. One of the investigations is conducted by Colonel Beveridge W. Dunn, chief inspector of the bureau of explosives ot the American Rail- way association and the Interstate Commerce commission. He is aided by thirty inspectors. The [ county prosecutor and city employes in Jer- sey City are making investigations also. It is understood that agents of the Department of Justice are mak- ing inquiries to learn whether the ex- plosion was of incendiary origin. | Fire Started on Barge. Conflicting reports as to the. cause of the fire are still circulated. Lehigh Valley officials assert that an inter~ loping barge loaded with ammunition was moored at their pier in defiance of their orders, and that the first ex< plosion took place on board that ves- sel. The commissioner of public safety says that four ammunition barges were at.or near the piers, and that all of them were destroyed. It is feared their crews perished. The big pier just west of the Statue of Liberty, is today a mass of smoking ruins with the debris piled hundreds of feet high in places, and with the fire still burning. Immigration Station Damaged. The work of repairing the damage to the buildings on Bedloe’s and Elfis Islands and in New York and Jer- sey City, began today. The immigra- tion statio. at Ellis Island had the appearance of a war swept village, with every window shattered, the roof of the hospital caved in, the main door blown away and the dining and exccutive rooms wrecked, while the island was strewn with bits of shrapnel, broken glase and three-inch shells, thrown ashore from drifting | barges, which had bombarded the is- |land as they burned. The damage | w | as estimated at $75,000. The buildings on Bedloe's Island, with doors blown in and windows shattered, showed the marks of an' (Continued on Page Four, Column Two.) The Bee Carried 1128 MORE Paid Want Ads than in the same week a year ago. Every week for the last five months the increase has been MORE than 5§